Occasionally I’ll be asked about where I shop for clothes, how I figure out what to invest in, or even my personal clothing budget. These questions made me realize that everyone has a different preference about what items are most important to invest in, and what items are good from a more inexpensive brand!
I can’t really address this subject without pointing out that I love finding great pieces to add to your wardrobe and sharing them on Instagram or here on the blog! While I’m certainly no fashion blogger, I probably shop more than the average person. On a similar note, everyone’s clothing budget is different, so my focus here is explaining my thought process to help you think through what YOU want to invest in so you can develop a wardrobe that you really love! It’s kind of ironic to be writing this in my 3rd trimester of my 3rd baby but the idea came to me and I wanted to type it out!
I have memories of being in middle school and being so uncomfortable in my clothes. I remember noticing older women, you know. . . . women in their TWENTIES, and thinking that they looked like they had it altogether. I resolved that I’d probably find my personal style later in life, and that’s ended up being true!
In middle school, it was all baggy pants. In high school, I wore flare jeans and shopped at Delia’s. Then in the second half of high school, when I was also in beauty school, it was all black pointy high heels and tight flare jeans...